Passenger and like car.



PATENTED DEC. 8, 1907.

No. $2 2,551 I A. GHRISTIANSON. PASSENGER AND LIKE GAR.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 25, 1906.

Haoao WWNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREW OHRISTIANSON, OF BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO STANDARD STEEL CAR COMPANY, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

PASSENGER. AND LIKE can.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 3, 1907.

Application filed August 25. 1906. Serial No. 332.01%

To all whom it may concern: Y Be it known that 1, ANDREW CHRISTIAN- SON, a resident of Butler, in the county of Butler and State of Pennsylvania, having invented a new and useful Improvement in Passenger and Like Cars; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

This invention relates to metallic railway cars and more especially to passenger, baggage, mail and similar cars having a monitor or similar roof.

The object of the invention is to provide an upper portion of a car of this character,

.15 and especially the roof and ceiling, of such construction that it contains a minimum number of parts, thus reducing weight and cheapening the cost of construction, and especially one that can be constructed entirely of metal both inside and outside and give a neat and ornamental appearance.

'lheinvention consists of the construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is in part a side view of the upper portion of a passenger car constructed according to my invention, and in part a side view of the roof frame withthe roof plates removed ;'Fig. 2

is a plan view of the roof framing; Fig. 3 on the right hand shows a cross section through thereof of the car intermediate its ends, and on the left portion an end view of the roof framing; Fig. 4 is a cross section on the line 44 Figs. 1 and 2; Fig. 5 is an enlarged cross section showing the manner of'attaching the interior finish; Fig. 6 is an enlarged.

view of the spring washer; and Fig. 7 is an enlarged sectional detail showing the con- 40 nection of the interior finish at the plate. I

In the drawings the side posts of the car are shown at 1, and the side plates at 2, the

latter being pressed channels with their flanges projecting downwardly. The ear lines consist of lower deck members 3, an

upper deck member 4, and vertical connecting members 5. The lower deck member is curved to the contour of the lower deck of a passenger car 'andis formed of a pressed plate provided with an upper flange, 6, a

lower flange 7, and end flanges 8 and 9. The

upper flange 6 is wider than the lower flange 7, the object being to provide suflicient metal in the upper flange to rivet thereto the abutting edges of the roof plates 10, while the lower flange need be only sufliciently wide to give the necessary strength. The integral lower end flange 8 is riveted directly to the side plate 2. The upper deck member 4 is also a pressed plate of general channel form, having the upper flange 11 wider than the lower flange 12, for the same reasons as in lower deck member. It also has integral end flanges 13. The vertical connecting member 5 is of general angle form, having 6; a wide web portion which is riveted directly to the vertical webs. of the lower deck member 3 and upper deck member 4, while the flange 14 of said vertical connecting member is arranged longitudinally of the car at the inside of the body and has secured directly thereto a ventilator plate 14, which extends for the entire length of the ear and is provided with the usualopenings 15 for the ventilators. This ventilator plate has its], upper edge bent inwardly, as at 16, and abutting against the upper deck member 4 of the carline, while the lower edge of the ventilator plate is turned outwardly as at 17, and lies underneath the lower deck member, so that said ventilator plate is in effect a small plate girder Z-shape in cross section. Said plate is also riveted to the flange 9 on the inner end of the lower deck member 3.

The upper deck roof plates 18 are riveted to the top flanges 11 of the upper deck n1en1-. bers 4. of the car-lines, and have their'outer edges turned downwardly as at 19, and riveted to end flanges 13 of said upper deck members, said downturned edges overlapping the screen frames 20 placed between the carlines at the outer edges of the vertical connecting members 5 of .said cal-lines. Around the base of the vertical members 5. are flashing castings 21. The lower deck plates 10 have their inner edges turned upwardly as at 22, and riveted to the ventilator plate 14, while the lower ed es of said dates are bent down- 2D wardly over the car sides and secured to said sides through the intervention of the filling pieces 23, so as to give a slight cornice at this point.

. At the end of the roof transverse strength is obtained by securing a strut member 25 in line between the inner ends of the lower deck members 3. of the end carlincs. This strut,

as shown, is an angle bar which is secured by angle pieces 26 to the body end posts 27, which extend upwardly just inside of the ventilator plates 14, and are riveted directly J to the latter adjacent to the end carline.

4 extending out ter from working-loose.

Consequently the bar with the inner ends of the lower deck members of the end carlines, thus giving a direct cross connection at the ends of the roof. The end posts roof, being connected directly the ventilator plates have flanges formed at both top and bottom edges, they are in effect small plate girders extending for the full length of the car. This construction gives maximum strengthfor the weight of material.

. The interior finish of the roof is formed by ceiling sheets which may be either metal, wood, or composition board of any character, and which can be given a high ornamental finish. These are secured to the framing in the following manner. The ceiling sheets 30 of the upper deck of the roof are held against the lower flanges of the u per deck members 4 of the carlines. On tie verticalsides of the monitor roof sheets 31 are shown, which have their upper edges bent inwardly, and abutting against the edges of the lates 30 over the inturned upper flange" 16 o the ventilator plate. The edges of these sheets are secured in place by a molding 32 which is secured in place by ta screws 33 entering the flan e 16' of the van 'lator plate.

T e vertical sheets 31 terminate short of the lower edge of the ventilator plate 14. The curved sheets 34 of the lower deck of the roof have their inner ed es lapped over-the outturned flange 17 of t e ventilator plate. The edges of the plates 31 and 34 are lapped by an angle sha ed molding having a vertical portion 37 and orizontal portion. 38, which molding is secured by two sets of tap screws 39 and 40 to the web and lower flange respectively of the ventilator plate. The lower edges of the ceilin sheets 34 are secured to the side framing of the car at the plates by a molding 41 and tap screws 42, said molding covering not only the edges of the ceiling sheets 34 but also the upper edges of the side sheets 44 of the interior of the car.

The moldings shown are of some suitable 'metallic composition, andare provided with a groove 45' on their rear lower faces near each edge, so that the edges will bear firmly against the finishin sheets. On the outer face at the center of the molding, or of both legs of the angle molding, is a groove 46, in

screws used to are seated. Spring washers 48 are seated in these grooves and are held by the side walls of the groove against rotation. Said washers constitute locks for the tap screws to prevent the latich the heads of the ta At the end of the car is the usual hood 50, to the pressed channel end In line with the ventilator plate plate 51.

52 extending out to the end plate is a plate 25 is practically in line.

27 also give a direct support for the l 'and comprising and secured to a pressed bracket 53 fixed in said end plate.

in this application it is not described in detail.

The roof described is ca able of being constructed entirely of meta and with a minimum number of parts, thus reducing the to theweb of amount of labor and material employed. 14, and as the latter s the device is not claimed The difierent parts, as far as possible, are

formed of pressed can be reduced to a minimum, as well as reducmg the number of parts. The interior finish is secured in place by very simple means, producing a sightly interior, and one of a character that 1s susceptible of any desired ornamentation.

What I claim is: 1. In a metallic car the combination of sideframes, carlines connected to the side frames and comprising lower deck members, upper deck members and vertical connecting members, then per deck members being of metal, so that the weight pressed channe shapes with the webs arranged vertically and secured to the vertical connecting members.

2. In a metallic car the combination of side frames, carlinesiconnected to the same and comprising lower vertical connecting members, the upper deck members being. of channel form having flanges of different widths.

3. In a metallic car, the combination of side frames, carlines connected to the same and comprising lower deck members, upper deck members, and

deck members, and vertical connecting membars, the upper deck members being pressed channels having top and bottom flanges, the former being wider than the latter, and also having end flanges for securing the down-.

turned edges of. the roof sheets.

4. In a metallic car, the combination of side frames, carlines connected to the same and comprising-lower deck members, upper deck members, and vertical connecting members, the lower deck members being of channel form having the webs arranged vertically and secured directly to the vertical connecting members.

5. In a metallic car, the combination of side frames, carlines connecting the same and comprising lower deckniembers, upper deck members, and vertical connecting menu "re, the lower deck members being of pressed channel shape having the webs arranged vertically and. the top flange wider than the bottom. flange. v

6. In a metallic carthe combination of side frames, carlines connected to the same 5- the lower deck members being of c nnel sha e, and having their webs arranged ver-"' ticaly and having flanges at their upper lower deck members, upper deck members, and vertical connecting me'mends, and a ventilator plate secured to the' flanges of the vertical connecting members and to the inner flanges of the lower deck members. I

'7. In a metallic car, the combination of side frames,- carlincs connected to the same and comprising lower deck portions, upper deck portions, andvertical connecting portions, ventilator plate secured to the inner edges of the vertical connecting portions of the carlines and provided with flanges at its top and bottom edges.

S. In a metallic car, the combination of side frames, cartines connected to the same and comprising lower deck members, upper deck members, and vertical connecting members, and a ventilator plate secured to the inner edges of the vertical connecting members and provided with an in-turned integral flange at its upper end abutting against the upper deck members of the carlines and with an out-turned integralf'lange at its lower end extending under the lower deck members of the carlines.

fl. In a metallic car, the combination of side frames, carlines connected to the same and comprising lower deck portions, upper deck portions, and "ertical connecting portions, a ventilator plate secured to the inner edges of the vertical connecting portions and extending to the car ends, and an end post secured to the ventilator plate. 7

10. In a metallic car, the combination of side frames, carlines connected to the same and comprising, lower deck portions, upper deck portions, and vertical connecting portions, a ventilator plate secured to the vertical connecting portions of the carlines and provided with a flange at its bottom and its top edge, and an end post secured to the ventilator plate. i

1]. In a metallic car, the combination of side frames, carlines connected to the same and comprising lower deck portions, upper deck portions, and vertical connecting portions, ventilator plates secured to the vertical connecting portions of the carlines and provided with flanges att p and bottom edges, and posts arranged to support said flanged ventilator plate.

12. In a metallic car, the combination of side frames, carlines connected to the same and comprising lower deck portions, upper deck portions, and vertical connecting portions, ventilator plates secured to the vertical connecting portions of the carlines, posts at the end of the car secured to the ventilator plates, and a transverse brace secured to the posts and in line with the inner ends of the lower dock members of the end carlino.

13. In a metallic car, the combination of a roof frame including carlines having lower deck members, upper deck members, and vertical connecting members, interior finishing sheets comprising an upper deck ceiling sheet, and a vertical finishing sheet, the latter having its'edges curved inwardly and abut-ting against the edges of the upper deck ceiling sheet, and tap screws for securing the edges of said sheets to the roof frame.

14. In a metallic car, the combination of a roof structure including carlines having lower deck portions, upper deck portions, and vertical connecting portions, a ventilator plate secured to the vertical connecting portions and having an in-turned flange at its upper edge, upper deck ceiling sheets and vertical finishing sheets having their edges abutting over the flange of said ventilator plate, and means securing said abutting edges to the flange of the "entilator plate.

' 15. In a metallic car, the combination of a roof structure comprising carlines having lower deck portions, upper deck portions, and vertical connecting portions, a ventilator plate secured to the vertical connecting portions, upper deck ceiling sheets, and vertical finishing sheets having their edges abutting, a molding covering said abutting edges, and means, for securing said molding to the roof frame.

16. In a metallic car, the combination of a roof frame comprising carlines having upper deck members, lower deck members, and vertical connecting members, internal finishing sheets comprising vertical sheets applied inside of the vertical connecting members of the carlines and 'lower deck ceiling sheets, and an angle molding overlapping the lower edges of the vertical sheets and the inner edges of the lower deck sheets and secured to the roof frame.

17. In a metallic car, the combination of a roof frame comprising carlines having lower deck portions, upper deck portions, and ver tical connecting portions, a ventilator plato' secured to the inneredges of the vertical connecting portions and having an out-turned flange atits lower edge, vertical finishing sheets inside of the ventilator plate, lower ceiling finishing sheets extending to and overlapping the lower flange of the ventilator plate, and an angle molding overlapping the edges of the vertical and lower ceiling sheets, and screws securing said molding to the ventilator plates.

18. In a metallic car, the combination of a roofstructure including carlines having lower deck portions, upper deck portions, and vertical connecting portions, a ventilator plate secured to the inner edges of the vertical connecting portions and having an inturned flange at its upper edge and an out-turned flange at its lower edge, inside finishing sheets comprising upper deck ceiling sheets, lower deck ceiling sheets, and vertical finish ing sheets the edges of the upper deck finishing sheets and the upper edges of the vertical sheets abutting over the inturned flange of lowerfiange of the ventilator plate, and

"ventilator plate.

the lower and upper deck carlines of deck the ventilator plate, and the lower edges of having a stiffening flange projecting out- 15 the vertical sheets and inner edges of the wardlyfroni thelower edge,of an angle moldlower deck sheets overlapping the out-turned ing plate bent into the form substantially as herein shown, the upward bend of said moldmoldings overlapping the abutting edges of i ing being riveted to the deck plate and the said sheets and secured to the flanges of the outward bend being bolted to the stiffening 20 I llan 'e. 1 h. 19. In a car frame, the combination with i In testimony whereof, I the said ANDREW CHRISTIANSON have hereunto set my hand ANDREW CHRISTIANSON.

. Witnesses:

Ronnn'r CQTOTTEN, J. R. KELLER.

plates extending continuously from end to end of the ear, said plates having stil'l'ening flanges formed thereon at top and bottom, 1 substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

)0. The combination, with thetdeeli. plate l 

